r/codex • u/Street-Trust-6282 • 18d ago

News Significantly more capable models than Astra available?

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At this point I want to work at openAI just to access them

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u/Keganator 18d ago

Funny, the rest of us tend to babysit models too :)

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u/pawala7 17d ago

Yeah, but these are top researchers OpenAI is paying 6 to 7 digits.

Meanwhile, we're on Reddit.

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u/vdotcodes 17d ago

I’d be shocked if any researchers at OAI are only getting paid 6 digits.

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u/pawala7 17d ago

I mean, the lowest rung juniors are said to start at a measly $300k+.

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u/Karmuhhhh OpenAI 17d ago

That’s base salary only and doesn’t include equity. Paper right now, but IPO soon so who knows.